You cannot do wrong without suffering wrong. Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 – 1882)
Epictetus Quote – “He is free who lives…”
He is free who lives as he wishes to live. He is the man who cannot suffer injury, who cannot be hindered or compelled, whose impulses are not blocked, whose desires attain their purpose, who does not fall into whatever he wishes to avoid… So, no wicked man lives like this, and so he is not free. Epictetus (55 – […]
Meister Eckhart Quote – “The exterior man may be undergoing trials…”
The exterior man may be undergoing trials, but the interior man is quite free. Meister Eckhart (circa 1260 – 1328)
Epictetus Quote – “The first business…”
The first business of the philosopher is to part with self-conceit. Epictetus (55 – 135 A.D.)
Epictetus Quote – “No great thing is created suddenly…”
No great thing is created suddenly, any more than a bunch of grapes or a fig. If you tell me that you desire a fig, I answer you that there must be time. Let it first blossom, then bear fruit, then ripen. Epictetus (55 – 135 A.D.)
Ralph Waldo Emerson Quote – “Heroism works in contradiction to…”
Heroism works in contradiction to the voice of mankind, and in contradiction, for a time, to the voice of the great and good. Heroism is an obedience to a secret impulse of an individual’s character. Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 – 1882)
Epictetus Quote – “Reward? Do you seek any greater reward…”
Reward? Do you seek any greater reward for being a good man than doing what is right and just?… Does it seem you a small and worthless thing to be a good man, and therefore a happy man? Epictetus (55 – 135 A.D.)
Ralph Waldo Emerson Quote – “God offers to every mind…”
God offers to every mind its choice between truth and repose. Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 – 1882)
George Eliot Quote – “There is a great deal of unmapped country…”
There is a great deal of unmapped country within us which would have to be taken into account in explanation of our gusts and storms. George Eliot (1819 – 1880)
David Hume Quote – “It is seldom that liberty…”
It is seldom that liberty of any kind is lost all at once. Slavery has so frightful an aspect to men accustomed to freedom, that it must steal upon them by degrees and must disguise itself in a thousand shapes, in order to be received. David Hume (1711 – 1776)
